Q: Is 201,203,123 a Composite Number?

Why is 201,203,123 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 201,203,123 can be evenly divided by 1 11 97 269 701 1,067 2,959 7,711 26,093 67,997 188,569 287,023 747,967 2,074,259 18,291,193 and 201,203,123, with no remainder.

Since 201,203,123 cannot be divided by just 1 and 201,203,123, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).